Hope Scholarship 2023-24 for underprivileged students, Liverpool Hope University, UK
Liverpool Hope University are pleased to offer 10 new scholarships worth £3,000 per year over the normal period of study (excluding any placement years and any additional years of study due to transfer onto an Integrated Masters course) to home and EU students who are starting an undergraduate course in September 2023 and make Liverpool Hope University their Firm choice on their UCAS application. In order to apply you need to meet at least one of our widening participation criteria as detailed below with priority given to those students who fall into more than one category. An application form is available for you to complete with a personal statement where you should give us details of why you are applying for the scholarship, the personal challenges you have faced before entering Higher Education and what difference the money will make to your University journey. Once completed this should be emailed to studentfunds@hope.ac.uk
The Application Form will be available in due course
The closing date for applications is the 30th April 2023 from when the Student Finance Committee will consider your application along with your personal statement and circumstances. The decision of the panel will be discretionary and final. Applicants will be notified whether they have been successful by the 31st May 2023.
Widening Participation Criteria:
- You are a mature student
- You have been in care as a looked after child for at least 13 weeks since the age of 14.
- You have a disability
- You are from a black and minority ethnic group
- You come from one of the most deprived areas of the country as defined by the English government’s IMD (indices of Multiple Deprivation) database. If your postcode IMD value is in quintile 5, you meet this criteria. Please note this information only covers addresses in England. Check your eligibility here.
- You come from an area where it is unusual for people to go to University. This is defined by the government’s classification called POLAR 4, to meet this criteria your address must fall into quintile 1. Please note that this information only covers addresses in the UK. Check your eligibility here.
Source / More information: Official Website HERE.